Tuesday, April 1, 2014

"Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition"

Terry Towery,from the Lehman College of the City University of New York, juries this annual competitive exhibition, which features the finest recent works of students enrolled in classes in the UNI Department of Art. Towery will also present work in the Gallery Showcases during the run of the student exhibition. Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception: March 24 at 7:00 p.m. in KAB 111.

"Remix: Art and Sound Unbound"

Co-curated by Dr. Elizabeth Sutton and gallery director Darrell Taylor. Student's from Dr. Sutton and Hunter Capoccioni's Avant-garde in Art class present didactics for selected works of art from the UNI Permanent Art Collection. A concert series will also be offered.

Improve your soil, benefit the Cedar River

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

9:00 am to 11:58 am

The University of Northern Iowa, Black Hawk Soil & Water Conservation District, Iowa NRCS, and the Cedar River Watershed Coalition are pleased to host Ray Archuleta of USDA-NRCS, aka “The Soils Guy,” for a public presentation & field day.•Hear about the benefits of building soil health with cover crops and other practices•Learn how the Dry Run Creek watershed is partnering with area farmers to improve water quality

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Seventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

12:00 pm to 7:30 pm

The Seventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium, sponsored by the Graduate College, highlights the many research and creative achievements of the graduate student community. Graduate faculty serve as judges for the event. The public viewing of the poster presentations is scheduled from 1:00-1:45 p.m. in Old Central Ballroom, Maucker Union. Oral presentations are scheduled from 2-4 p.m. in the Maucker Union lower level meeting rooms. The creative performances are scheduled in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center from 6-7:30 p.m.

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Film Screening: "(A)sexual"

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 2:00 pm

"(A)sexual" follows the growth of a community that experiences no sexual attraction. In a society obsessed with sex, how do you deal with life as an outsider? Combining intimate interviews, vérité footage and animation with humor and pop culture imagery, the film attempts to answer this question.

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Semester "Pick a Program" Info Session

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Want a change of scenery? Get UNI credits at a partner university abroad for a semester. Listen to UNI students who have studied abroad for a semester. Classes are taught in English or the host country's language. Many major options are available.

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Guest Lecture: The Perennial Question: Women and the Church

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 -

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Melinda Henneberger, Washington Post political writer and anchor of the paper's She the People blog, will bring her feminist perspective to a discussion of women in the Catholic church in light of Pope Francis' call for a new theology of women.

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Performance of Eve Ensler's "Necessary Targets"

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 7:00 pm

"Necessary Targets"is a play set in the aftermath of the Bosnian conflict. In the play, two American women, a therapist and a writer, visit a Bosnian refugee camp to help women survivors cope with the trauma of sexual violence and genocide. The play raises questions about the ownership of these stories as well as the ethics of telling and documenting them. A brief discussion will follow the reading. The play contains descriptions of violence and sexual assualt. This material may be triggering to some people. Be advised that some material is inappropriate for children.

Location: Room 040, Lang Hall (Interpreters Theatre)

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The Queer Monologues

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 7:00 pm

The Queer Monologues, inspired by the Vagina Monologues, is a production aimed at inspiring collaboration, conspiring for equal rights and sending the message that it’s okay to be who you are, even if society thinks you’re a little queer.

Location: Bertha Martin Theatre, Strayer-Wood Theatre

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Master Class: Daniel Grabois, horn

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 7:30 pm

Visiting artist Daniel Grabois will present a horn master class. Grabois is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. The former Chair of the Department of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, he is the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a sextet of brass and percussion soon to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. With Meridian, he has performed over fifty world premieres, released ten CD’s, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself. This event is free and open to the public.